TY - JOUR AU - Jung, Flora AU - Wang, Lily AU - Tang, Jennifer AU - Wen, Sophia PY - 2020/02/27 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Women in Medicine Summit (WiMS): Engaging students to identify and address gender-associated challenges in medicine JF - Canadian Medical Education Journal JA - Can. Med. Ed. J VL - 11 IS - 4 SE - You Should Try This DO - 10.36834/cmej.68714 UR - https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/68714 SP - e80-e83 AB - <p class="CMEJBodytext">The Women in Medicine Summit (WiMS) is a novel, student-led conference initiated at the University of Toronto to engage the medical community in a discussion about unique gender-distinctive challenges in medicine. We identified topics inadequately addressed in undergraduate curriculums, including techniques to address microaggressions and balance work-life commitments. Students from five Canadian medical schools attended WiMS in 2018. Attendees perceived significant improvement in readiness in identifying and resolving gender-associated issues following the conference. Our findings may be used to motivate curriculum development and adoption of similar initiatives to improve education on diversity.</p> ER -